ADVISORY/Trade Delegation From Dalian, China To Brief Mayor, Bay Area Businesses At Oakland City Hall On April 5; Luncheon Sponsored by MeetChina.com Follows.

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What:     Official delegation from Dalian (sister city of Oakland),
          China to meet with Bay Area officials and businesses re
          trade and investment opportunities with China; seeking
          partners for cooperative ventures in 129 different projects

Who:      Delegation of 11 government officials and 145 business
          representatives headed by The Hon. Mr. Bo Xilai, mayor of
          Dalian City, Dalian Bureau of Information Agency, Commission
          for Foreign Economic Relations & Trade, and Science &
          Technology Commission

When:     Wednesday, April 5, 2000
          10:00am - private briefing - Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown
          11:00am - public briefing - Oakland City Hall
          12 noon - luncheon at Silver Dragon Restaurant, sponsored by
          MeetChina.com

Where     Public briefing in Council Chambers,
          3rd fl, Oakland City Hall (Frank Ogawa Plaza at 14th St.),
          Oakland

Why       High-level delegation visiting Bay Area officials and
          companies to promote exchanges, cooperation in technology,
          trade, art and culture, specifically high-tech, processing,
          infrastructure, real estate and tourism projects.
          Delegation is visiting San Francisco, Oakland,
          Silicon Valley, Houston, Washington, D.C., Boston, New York,
          Montreal and Vancouver during April.

          Dalian, Sister City to Oakland, is China's second largest
          port and the largest industrial and tourist metropolis in
          Northern China.

          MeetChina.com is China's largest cross-border trade
          platform, a business-to-business e-commerce portal
          co-produced by MeetChina.com and the Electronic Information
          Center of China's Ministry of Information Agency.
          MeetChina.com's investors include Citicorp Capital Asia,
          Softbank Ventures China, Motorola, First Data and China
          Resources, among others. MeetCina.com's office in the U.S.
          is at 300 Montgomery Street, Suite 1160, San Francisco,
          Calif. 94104. Telephone [phone] or online at
          www.MeetChina.com.

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